Mutations Festival, Sat 23rd Feb

We’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of Mutations Festival since it first took over the city in 2015. It’s back this month as an all-day exploration of musical innovators and genre hybrids in a secret location (hint: it’s Hansen Hall, a multi-room venue on Brighton’s outskirts).

The event features around a dozen acts with eclectic styles. The indefatigable and visceral garage/psyche/prog of Austin TX’s White Denim. The Bill Hicks referencing ferocious garage of Goat Girl. The sun-drenched and danceable multisensory trip of Flamingods. Your new favourite post-punk cave people Snapped Ankles. And the immersive, Swedish Grammy winning space pop of Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation.

There will also be a ‘localised laboratory’ of exhibitions, pop-ups and after-parties. Mutations is a world class festival a stone’s throw from town, what are you waiting for?

Based on the experiences of hundreds of child circus performers subjected to child trafficking in Kathmandu, South East Dance and Brighton Open Air Theatre combine an exquisite circus performance with the stories of two extraordinary survivors.